Światy i przyroda w literaturze fantasy - na podstawie utworów Tolkiena i Sapkowskiego
Abstract
The study investigates the picture of the worlds created by Tolkien and Sapkowski in
their prose. The idea of the study is to show the differences and similarites between the prose
of John R. R. Tolkien, the author who created fantasy genre, and the prose of Andrzej
Sapkowski, one of the greatest Polish fantasy writers, who wrote his books fifty years after
Tolkien. The study shows the integrity of elements taken from the real world and these created
by the authors. Sapkowski implements his prose with the elements of the worlds created by
Tolkien. Nevertheless, Sapkowski himself introduces new races, plants, and other elements into
his worlds. The following study draws upon a conclusion that fantasy literature is constantly
evolving but still, every piece of fantasy literature, to a certain extent, is based on this of Tolkien.